Diameter: 51x36mm (approx.2") Weight: 36g (approx.1.3oz)
France, 1900 " Universal International Exposition and Olympic Games, Paris 1900 ", Original Silver plated Bronze plaquette, by O.Roty, a specimen in excellent condition as scanned, edge marked "BRONZE" with horn (Paris mint)*. With case (condition only very good). Est. $130/$250 (based on real past auctions). The 1900 World Fair took place in conjunction with the Olympic Games.
Obv. Winged genius takes the torch for the new century.
Rev. laurel sray in clouds above facades of the exhibition buildings.
Bibliography : see ROTY p90, GADOURY p47, JONES 327.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Oscar ROTY (1846-1911), French medallist, was the pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran at the École des Arts Décoratifs then studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Dumont and Ponscarme. Won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome de gravure en médailles in 1875. Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1888. Grand Prix at the 1889 Universal exhibition. |
Mint Marks used at the PARIS MINT:
Plain Edge ==> All medals before March 30th 1832 have plain edges and before 1841 for bronze or copper.
Antique Lamp ==> from March 30th 1832 until October 21st 1841 (on gold & silver only).
Anchor ==> from October 21st 1841 until September 25th 1842.
Ship Prow ==> from September 26th 1842 until June 12th 1845.
Pointing Hand ==> from June 13th 1845 until October 1st 1860.
Bee ==> from November 1st 1860 until December 31st 1879.
Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) ==> from 1880 until now.
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
More than 5 million people attended the exhibition (a world record at the time), yet it still failed to turn a profit, costing the French government 2,000,000 Francs. The fair included more than 76,000 exhibitors and covered 1.12 square kilometres of Paris.
The Exposition Universelle was where motion pictures were first unveiled and where the escalator debuted.
The exhibition lasted from 14 April until 10 November 1900. A special committee, led by Gustave Eiffel, awarded a gold medal to Lavr Proskuryakov's project for the Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk.
A number of Paris' most noted structures were built for the Exposition including the Gare de Lyon, the Gare d'Orsay (now the Musée d'Orsay), the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais, La Ruche, and the Petit Palais.
A sideshow at the Exposition was the Second Olympic Games, which were spread over five months. So unnoted were these games that many athletes died unaware that they had been Olympians. The games also marked the first participation by female athletes and, in such sports as tennis, football (soccer), polo, rowing and tug of war, teams were multinational.
A Human Zoo was present at the exposition.
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